Check out these covers! It's our Tippy Parrish at her most tormented! When we last left Miss Tippy, she was still desperately sad over the loss of her fiancee, the inimitable Ken Prescott. Even though she was specifically told "Don't Cry Little Girl". But there's a new/old man about her thoughts - Peter Jordan. You can see him in the window of the original cover. He doesn't rate a spot on the hipper newer cover that is selling the career girl angle.
So Tippy is a career girl. She is the assistant to the set designer on a television show. SO HIP!! But she hates it. It's a lot of stress, but what is she going to do, right? Then her boss, the tough-as-nails Miss Turnbull gets injured and Tippy takes over. And Penny is trying to pressure her to become an actress - as if!
The problem (and there always is a problem) is that Peter has come up from Texas, where he is stationed, and he wants to spend time with Tippy. She wants to spend time with him too, but this JOB! So he thinks she's not that into him, she's not sure he's that into her. And they are both crazy about each other. It's really just a matter of time.
Enter Alcie and Jonathan Drayton. Alcie knows her brother and Tippy belong together and she doesn't have the patience for that little lunkhead to figure it out herself. So she plots a party wherein she is going to make it look like Peter and her sister-in-law Christie are interested in each other. They are both aware of this plan and give in to Alcie because she is lovely. The description of the party is wonderful and the depiction of the Drayton's early marriage is a delight. We also get to catch up with some of the characters from the Drayton books.
Tippy feels like she is betraying Ken, but Peter is growing on her. He also calls her Childie which makes me want to kill him.* But other than that - he is pretty great. He pulls her out of her funk and forces her to start living again.
There is a bit with Tippy practically being forced to be an actress, but she quits her job instead and helps another working girl get her big break.
There's some goofy stuff about Peter leaving, Tippy chasing him, a kiss and they're engaged. Wrapped up with a little bow. It was fine, but not as good as the previous book or the one that comes after!
*Carly, of Carly's Malt Shop says it well - "I cannot get behind this nickname at all. How is it pronounced? Child-EE? CHILL-dee? Either way, it's such a strange nickname that it trips me up every time I read it. Not to mention, the child part is a little creepy in a way that 'cherub' isn't." *Check out her take on RAINBOW AFTER RAIN here.
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